Levi Colton
24 Belknap street Unit 2, Somerville, MA, 02144 (724) 681-9575 Levifcolton@gmail.com
Education:
2016-2020 Edinboro University, Bachelor of Fine Art - concentration in Painting.
2022-2023 Brandeis University, Post-Baccalaureate Program - Studio Art
Exhibitions:
2018 Erie Art Gallery, Erie, Pennsylvania: Chimera
2019 Bruce Gallery, Edinboro, Pennsylvania: Celebrate The Artist; The 10th Annual Michael Gmitter Scholarship Exhibition
2019 Bates Gallery, Edinboro, Pennsylvania: Edinboro Drawing and Painting Club Juried Show
2020 Bruce Gallery, Edinboro, Pennsylvania: Celebrate The Artist; The 11th Annual Michael V.
Gmitter Scholarship Exhibition
2020 Tarbles Art Center, Eastern Illinois University, Illinois: In Conversation
2023 Dreitzer Gallery, Waltham, Massachusetts: Cats Cradle
Grants
2019 The Edinboro Art Department Scholarship
2020 The Edinboro Art Department Scholarship
2020 The Michael Gmitter Scholarship
Reviews/Articles:
2017 EdinboroNow, October 18th, Brothers Christian and Levi Colton Take Similar Journeys to Boro
2019 EdinboroNow, September 13th, Senior Fine Arts Major Guided By Creativity by Zeila Hobson
Publications:
2018 Chimera Journal of Student Art and Literature XVI
Related Work Experience:
2018 Cleveland, Ohio, Studio Assistant. Worked for and alongside Artist and Professor Danielle Muzina to create installation and paintings for Rooms To Let, an art event in Slavic Village Cleveland. Duties: constructing installation parts, arranging and hanging said parts, painting and assisting in design process.
2018-2019 Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania Drawing and Painting Club Vice President. Duties: Running meetings, organizing club agenda, Organizing Field trips to museums, galleries, and art exhibitions, set up and hosted events from simple fundraisers to large scale events such as an Alumni and Faculty art auction and Artist lectures presentations, Juried club show.
2022-2023 Waltham, MA, Studio Guide, Assisted in college-level studio course education, including Intro to Painting with Ariel Freiberg and Intro to Drawing with Susan Lichtman. Duties: Guiding and overseeing students in the various mediums, techniques, and processes of working creatively to make observational and conceptually-based drawings and paintings. Assigning classwork and homework. Assisting professors in various day to day task.